Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-08-27
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COLLYER CARVINGS.
CoLLYKR. Aug. "a, 1887.

Fears OF prairie fires are abated
The prairies re-appear in emerald robes.
W. r. Ingram made q business trip
to Russell last week
Town streets were quite muddy last
Friday, and will be again after this
lengthy rain.
Charles Conner, now an employe at
the Ogallah Forestry Station, scattered
smiles upon all when up here on Satur-
day.
Work on the new church is DELAYED
because the brick for the chimney is not
at hand. The exterior shines in its new
coat of white paint.
Depot Agent Brown took run down
to Kansas City Friday night to meet his
family en- route from Iowa. He returned
with them yesterday.
&c. Martin, of Cove county, has been
recently engaged in hauling lumber home,
with which to erect a new stable before
wintry blasts are felt.
There is some talk that Mr.. Hickman
will open restaurant in the building
now occupied by league & Co.'S drug
store, which he has recently purchased.
Mrs. Cortright, of eastern Trego, was
the guest of Mrs. II. E. York last week.
On returning home, she was accompanied
by Miss j. York, who remained until
Sunday.
For lack OF quorum no w. r. c.
meeting was held last Saturday. Some
magnetic influence ought to be brought
to bear upon the members to cause them
to attend the regular meetings.
Mr.. Wilson and bride began house.
keeping this week in the building recent
ly occupied by Mrs. NJ. J. Smith. Mr..
Wilson, as before stated, will be teacher
OF Collyer school the coming term.
A very cold northeast wind sent its
chilly gusts into every aperture during
the early morning hours of Monday, and
the clouds from which they seemed to
rise brought to mind Millbrook's fate.
w. P. league surveyed Missouri soil
for few days last week, and found
piece for which he has traded his store
building. He intends to remove his fam
lily and drug stock thither in the near
future.
Mrs. M. j. Smith and son started Sat-
urday for their new home, near Hill City,
Graham county. Her son-in-law, Mr..
Lawliss, arrived with his team on Friday
evening, and they returned with him.
May all her bright anticipations be real
lied.
Hon. w. 8. Tilton and wife paid
Coilyer a visit on Tuesday. It would
have increased the pleasure of their
friends had not their stay been shortened
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heavy rain. May a more propitious day
be chosen for the next visit.
Go to G. w. Blackwilps, Collyer, Kan,
for your Acme Pulverizer and Harrow,
the greatest harrow for listed corn on the
market. Also see the patent-tooth Elm
wood Harrow and Adams Cultivator and
do not fail to examine the new Deering
Mower. Prices way down. 43O-tf
Frequent showers and heavy rains
have kept the ground thoroughly moist
ened OF late, and crops which have with
stood the hot winds and been unvisited
by chinch bugs are growing rapidly.
Especially is this true of some fields Of
sorghum and varieties of rice corn.
Those hot winds of Saturday, which
almost burned the face, induced thoughts
hail. None came to us, however, ex-
effects Of heavy storms not far away.
Unless people are very careful, sickness
will result.
E. 81. Philippi wishes it known that
chinch bugs, not drouth, destroyed his
crop of corn. So numerous were they
that when the fodder was unloaded, the
bugs were swept from the wagon bed and
devoured by the waiting chickens. A
threshing machine separated his crop of
oats on Tuesday, but the returns have
not yet been learned.
When asked why he carried his left
arm in q sling, John Conner replied that
he was thrown from pony last Saturday
and his arm put out Of joint. The joint |
had been replaced, but his hand and arm
were swollen, and he suffered much pain. !
There are none to rejoice over the ACCT |
dent, for Mr.. Conner is not known to have
an enemy; but sympathy is plenty.
Charles Snyder, of Ellis, shook hands |
with his friends here on Saturday. He
has changed much since the days when |
he used to herd his grandfather's cattle |
in this locality, and the difference is great
ly in his favor. He visited with his rela- |
tives, B. o. Richards and family, before |
journeying on to Denver, where he will
follow his chosen trade, that OF machinist. |
The vacancy in the firm Of Mills & |
Sons caused by the intended departure |
of B. Mills, will soon be filed by the arri- |
val of an elder brother. In this case, as it |
is coming to be in other cases, when one |
finds it profitable to depart, another soon |
takes the vacant place, and judging from
the continual passing of emigrants west |
ward, this portion Of Kansas will boast of |
an increased population in the spring.
By an oversight, the departure Of Mrs. |
l.. F. Hollington. week ago, vas omit |
ted. She is making visit at her parents
home, in Cameron. Mo-, where she ex-
poets to remain until Mr.. Hollington |
closes up his business here and locates
elsewhere. Mrs. IL has, during her brief
residence here. extended the list of her
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